This is it. After 10 months of an incredible season, the 2013-14 Premier League season ends today where we’ll find out whether Manchester City or Liverpool will be crowned champions, as well as whether Tottenham or Manchester United will qualify for the Europa League.
Manchester City needs a minimum of a draw to be crowned Premier League champions. But if City loses to West Ham United, the only way Liverpool can win the title is if they defeat Newcastle United.
In the other key matches, Tottenham Hotspur needs to avoid defeat to qualify for the UEFA Europa League. Spurs plays at home against Aston Villa. If Villa beats Tottenham and Manchester United beats Southampton, it’ll be the Red Devils instead who will be playing on Thursday nights in Europe beginning this late summer.
Needless to say, it’s going to be an emotional rollercoaster ride today!
Here is today’s TV/Internet schedule for matches being shown in the US (commentators are listed in parenthesis):
Manchester City vs West Ham, 10am, NBC (Arlo White & Lee Dixon)
Liverpool vs Newcastle, 10am, NBCSN (Jon Champion & Graeme Le Saux)
Cardiff vs Chelsea, 10am, CNBC (Jonathan Beck & Tony Gale)
Fulham vs Crystal Palace, 10am, E! (Jon Driscoll & Bradley Allen)
Hull vs Everton, 10am, Bravo (Tony Jones & Dean Sturridge)
Norwich vs Arsenal, 10am, MSNBC (Joe Speight & Efan Ekoku)
Southampton vs Manchester United, 10am, SyFy (Gary Taphouse & Ray Houghton)
Sunderland vs Swansea, 10am, Esquire (Phil Blacker & Barry Horne)
Spurs vs Aston Villa, 10am, USA (Steve Banyard & David Pleat)
West Brom vs Stoke, 10am, Oxygen (Daniel Mann & Garry Birtles)
All matches are also available on NBC Sports Live Extra.
NBCUniversal’s “Championship Sunday” coverage kicks off at 9 a.m. ET with an exclusive Premier League Live pregame show on CNBCfeaturingRebecca Lowe, Robbie Mustoe, Robbie Earle and Kyle Martino.
Lowe, Mustoe, Earle and Martino will return following the matches for a special Goal Zone season wrap-up postgame show on NBC at 12 Noon ET. NBCSN will simulcast Goal Zone. At 2 p.m. ET, NBCSN wraps up the day’s coverage with a special look back at the newly crowned champions’ path to the title on Premier League Live: The Champions.
A special one-hour Premier League Countdown: Championship Sunday preview show airs Saturday, May 10 at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN featuring Lowe, Mustoe, Earle and Martino.
Starting line-ups:
Manchester City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Demichelis, Kolarov, Garcia, Toure, Nasri, Silva, Aguero, Dzeko
Subs: Pantilimon, Lescott, Clichy, Milner, Fernandinho, Negredo, Jovetic
West Ham United: Adrian, Reid, McCartney, Nolan (c), Tomkins, Carroll, Taylor, Noble, O’Brien, Diame, Downing
Subs: Jarvis, Armero, Vaz Te, Collins, Jaaskelainen, C.Cole, J.Cole
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Liverpool: Mignolet, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Flanagan, Henderson, Gerrard, Allen, Sterling, Suarez, Sturridge
Subs: Jones, Toure, Sakho, Cissokho, Lucas, Coutinho, Aspas
Newcastle United: Krul, Taylor, Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Debuchy, Anita, Tiote, Gouffran, Sissoko, Shola Ameobi
Subs: Elliot, Santon, Yanga-Mbiwa, Satka, Dummett, Sammy Ameobi, de Jong
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Cardiff City: Marshall; Fabio, Caulker (C), Turner, John; Gunnarsson, Mutch, Whittingham, Daehli; Bellamy, Campbell.
Subs: Lewis; Eikrem, Cowie, McNaughton, Berget, James, Healey.
Chelsea: Schwarzer; Ivanovic, Cole, Torres, Oscar, Mikel, Salah, Hazard, Matic, Azpilicueta, Kalas.
Subs: HIlario, Luiz, Schurrle, Ba, Cahill, Ake, Swift.
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Fulham: Stockdale; Zverotić, Heitinga, Hangeland, Amorebieta; Kačaniklić, Sidwell, Parker, Richardson; Rodallega, Woodrow
Subs: Joronen, Kasami, Mitroglou, Tunnicliffe, Dejagah, David and Williams
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Gabbidon, Dikgacoi, O’Keefe, Puncheon, Murray, Jerome.
Subs: Hennessey, Mariappa, Dann, Delaney, Ward, Bolasie, Jedinak, Ledley, Ince, Chamakh, Gayle.
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Hull City: McGregor, Figueroa, Bruce, Davies, Huddlestone, Livermore, McShane, Jelavic, Aluko, Elmohamady, Quinn
Subs: Harper, Rosenior, Koren, Fryatt, Boyd, Sagbo, Long
Everton: Howard, Baines, Coleman, Jagielka (c), Distin, McGeady, Naismith, McCarthy, Lukaku, Barry, Osman.
Subs: Robles, Hibbert, Deulofeu, Pienaar, Traore, Alcaraz, McAleny.
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Norwich City: Ruddy; Martin (c), R Bennett, Turner, Olsson; Tettey; Snodgrass, Howson, Johnson, Redmond; Elmander.
Subs: Bunn (GK), Whittaker, Fer, Hooper, E Bennett, Loza, Josh Murphy.
Arsenal: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Sagna, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Rosicky, Ramsey, Ozil, Podolski, Giroud
Subs: Szczesny, Monreal, Wilshere, Kallstrom, Flamini, Diaby, Sanogo
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Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Fonte, Lovren, Shaw, Wanyama, Cork, Schneiderlin, Davis, Lallana (c), Lambert.
Subs: Gazzaniga (GK), Ward-Prowse, Guly, Chambers, Hooiveld, Reed, Gallagher.
Manchester United: De Gea; Smalling, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Januzaj, Fletcher, Kagawa, Welbeck; Mata; van Persie
Subs: Amos, Carrick, Cleverley, Lawrence, Young, Valencia, Hernandez
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Sunderland: Mannone, Vergini, Bardsley, Brown, O’Shea (c), Bridcutt, Larsson, Colback, Johnson, Borini, Wickham.
Subs: Celustka, Altidore, Ba, Giaccherini, Mavrias, Agnew, Ustari.
Swansea City: Tremmel, Tiendalli, Amat, Bartley, Taylor (C), Fulton, Shelvey, Dyer, Emnes, Routledge, Bony.
Subs: Cornell, Williams, Davies, Britton, de Guzman, King, Vazquez.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris; Naughton, Chiriches, Dawson, Rose; Sandro; Sigurdsson, Paulinho, Eriksen; Adebayor, Kane
Subs: Friedel, Fryers, Veljkovic, Bentaleb, Capoue, Pritchard, Soldado.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Baker, Bertrand, Bacuna, Westwood, Delph, Weimann, Bowery, Agbonlahor
Subs: Steer, Sylla, Holt, Robinson, Grealish, Clark, El Ahmadi.
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West Bromwich Albion: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Olsson, Brunt, Dorrans, Mulumbu, Morrison, Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Berahino.
Subs: Myhill (gk), O’Neil, Lugano, Yacob, Anichebe, Vydra, Ridgewell.
Stoke City: Sorensen; Muniesa, Shawcross, Wilson, Cameron; Arnautovic, Whelan, Nzonzi, Odemwingie; Ireland, Walters
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Also commiserations to Fulham, Norwich and Cardiff who will be playing their final Premier League games today.
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